How to fix 'Moo virus' causing zoomed-in screen, inverted colors, and mooing sound on iPhone?

Hi, this is usually not a virus — it’s most likely a Shortcut or Accessibility setting causing it. Try this: delete the HH School Fights shortcut, then go to Settings > Accessibility and turn off Zoom and Invert Colors / Smart Invert.

Quick fix

• Delete the shortcut.
• Restart the iPhone.
• Check Settings > Accessibility > Zoom and turn it off.
• Check Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size and turn off Smart Invert or Classic Invert.

Else contact Apple Support iPhone - Official Apple Support

It is not a virus, it is a shortcut that has been added/shared to you and other members of your Family Group. Go to the Shortcuts app and delete the shortcut and if the member shared the shortcut through iCloud, then on that members device, you would need to stop sharing the shortcut. For that, go to this Support Article and follow the steps under Stop Sharing a shortcut.

Share shortcuts on iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

That will immediately stop the moo sound, but for any changes made with the Shortcut you will need to go into Accessibility settings and change those back.

As for how it happened, that is most likely by one of your members that did it as a prank or were misled on a Social Media post to download the Shortcut. There are others you can find on Social Media that will say any phrase either hourly or at predetermined times.

You have to use 3 fingers to unzoom, to click anything u have to press it twice, turn ur phone on and off to get rid of mooing then go to accessibility settings to turn off, colour invert, invert, smart invert and then figure out the rest

Bimma

Lovelexi wrote:

How do u delete the shortcut ????

Long press on the Shortcut in the Shortcuts app and you will see the option to Delete it. There is also an option to Edit the shortcut and that can be used to give you an indication on what it is doing.

No, I reported the link to the moderators because of possible terms of service violation. The link to TikTok was useless, if nothing else.

It’s not a virus. It’s an Apple Shortcut. They’re easy to make, easy to share, but to the uninformed seem mysterious and impossible to remove. The correct advice has been given. Change your settings in Accessibility. There is no need to sensationalize this into something it isn’t.

Jeff Donald wrote:

No, I reported the link to the moderators because of possible terms of service violation. The link to TikTok was useless, if nothing else.

Well that confirms the theory that it was downloaded from a Social Media site. A person the believes everything told to them on Social Media are easy targets to get them to download these shortcuts. They can even be talked into sharing them to others, or will do it themselves as a prank.

In any case it is not a virus, no matter what the kids are calling it on Social Media. Virus is just a term that is used to get "likes" and "shares" to promote their posts. You could easily create one called "Cat Virus" and talk users into downloading it. The options are endless.

Keep the iPhone updated to the latest iOS always and never Jailbreak. That's it.

iOS / iPadOS devices cannot be hacked or infected with Viruses / Malware / Spyware *** unless you have intentionally downloaded spurious software or unauthorized apps directly from the internet and installed them on your device, and/or have Jailbroken. 

It (Hacking) also depends on how careful you are in sharing sensitive and valuable information pertaining to your iPhone such as Passcode, Password, etc with your friends and family members.

Be judicious when sharing the device's sensitive and valuable information with friends and family members.

**The primary reason for this is Sandboxing. All third-party apps are “sandboxed”, so they are restricted from accessing files stored by other apps or from making changes to the device. Sandboxing is designed to prevent apps from gathering or modifying information stored by other apps.

Security of runtime process in iOS and iPadOS - Apple Support

The sandbox on an iPhone is a security feature that creates a restricted environment for each app to run in isolation from other apps and the operating system. It is a core component of iOS's security architecture and plays a crucial role in making iPhones more secure.

Do not doubt the authenticity of the information provided here, it is impervious to hacking. Just as some individuals hold unconventional beliefs, such as a flat Earth or moon landing denial, one has the freedom to believe in anything. The choice ultimately rests with you in this open and free world.

there are some on loose

False. There are no viruses on the loose. None. Nada. Zip.

There are plenty of garbage web sites that claim to list Mac viruses. But if you read them, and understand how the malware gets on the Mac, it's a Trojan. Every - single - time.

Ronniej20_12 wrote:

Excessively zoomed in screen

Adjust the magnification: Double-tap the screen with three fingers (without lifting your fingers after the second tap), then drag up or down. · Move the Zoom ...Read more

Zoom in on the iPhone screen

Keep the iPhone updated to the latest iOS always and never Jailbreak. That's it.

iOS / iPadOS devices cannot be hacked or infected with Viruses / Malware / Spyware *** unless you have intentionally downloaded spurious software or unauthorized apps directly from the internet and installed them on your device, and/or have Jailbroken. 

It (Hacking) also depends on how careful you are in sharing sensitive and valuable information pertaining to your iPhone such as Passcode, Password, etc with your friends and family members.

Be judicious when sharing the device's sensitive and valuable information with friends and family members.

**The primary reason for this is Sandboxing. All third-party apps are “sandboxed”, so they are restricted from accessing files stored by other apps or from making changes to the device. Sandboxing is designed to prevent apps from gathering or modifying information stored by other apps.

Security of runtime process in iOS and iPadOS - Apple Support

The sandbox on an iPhone is a security feature that creates a restricted environment for each app to run in isolation from other apps and the operating system. It is a core component of iOS's security architecture and plays a crucial role in making iPhones more secure.

Accept the credibility of the information provided here; it is impervious to hacking. Just as some individuals hold unconventional beliefs, such as a flat Earth or moon landing denial, one has the freedom to believe in anything. The choice ultimately rests with you in this open and free world.

In iPhone there is no virus which can affect but virus are there for Mac apple account but iPhone cannot get virus because the apps are downloaded using App Store and in App Store every app goes through a through inspection.

except for jailbroken iPhones which can get virus

weeklycod wrote:

I can't see any moo virus

Because there is no such thing.

I can't see any moo virus